Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-12-24
Or. LUDWIG VOLTS EXPLORATIONS.


ssae~f Wa al AftisA8c utptn Oh nine feet.
For BOY miles up the river Dr. Wolf met
ere4l many canoes. Merry OF then,
wesf fnOrmous Eizc, twice the length
OF ~ Q steamer, and they easily &c
comin ed eighty rowers Il was a
pct iedght TO see these great canoes
VIII force Of rowers all standing IN
4 ana their paddles SO effectively
ina could far outstrip the steamer
IN Il VI course, the whitc man and
= ms q steamboat created immense
!, exclf and establishment, hut very
MI was manifested. Some,of the
= MAJ 70 Inclined to be hostile and
ono fful tribe, The Bassongo Nino.
con themsaves to be eannibals
IN ed cloths aid trinkets displayed
by traveller excited their astoni. h.
Jnt ID envy, and, as DR.. Wolf a..
en- give all his pretty things aw
INC led to take the,a without ask
ing l,son.
9ierning some of these warriors
we rheard talking the matter over.
I'D - il would he very EMS t IN
'ht y man and his sntail a.
|. ih' for food. ans n.zc lbe 81 In
an ile beautiful In 20 it cont;
VI DT. "Snv Aplatr a lsrg eaiy
ma t!lcir lartici n ion,
an u 'aided lin muehas. incr
90 Ia porkcr. Asa AIRY
10 scsrr:c Of scri0tR they
t1ei 70 gaarrels vii ae cxplo
rer hir1 SIR chief / "a. be-
cai N't igsoient. and Z ~. Wolf
ne itl lite at ll4 M ta.v.
pis q saH. IA little torc. t,eiy
gu 70 tiff% tg, VINO III he'd.
Ekih lkeGa t,a lits as Ii, "A, SO
I'M cuiia cist ON til ana 81
Pm isaol Zee alI not re,.ar. glen ~
We oas az all
~ ~. Nclf Ngs now able To do what
mf anctlH ilorsr has q when
no as;',a ting the haad OF
L'fti l8egN wal belie had
I wh' lily IN th. ger, Il To
detnoy them aall a tbc
natives by giv AaI Of IA
mysterious pro. les of aootin.
irons Willie il, was sia n
side Of the saucNchief tryi aca.
that important savage, the gsr sn,
denly drew his revolver. h .cse
The chiefs ear. asaa discba G Tb
\ erect was mas l. The csa sliy(sre
Z !1Dnl head e i+ot with fl LIE
41llever bad such tiNgiag III hs car,t
fore, and he took old Of them to sse /
They were still there Thci9 crowd Of
yelling, insle t Hatiyes s re .strucl
dumb witha ishhent ana ~or. u
required the ~ .,aion of ese car
,atri'lge to coavince the sayage the
Eyisltors were very superior b wh
must be treated with due uaesg "a
respect The polite chief at once pr
tended to be the explorers most exec.
lent friend, sent him present. of tv
chicifns, and allowed him to go on ~
>a,ay hnnGnlcsted.
Evhen DR.. Wolf was flampin,
- 9Ha foreSt,h he suddenly cam to
Grassy opening and saw before l,nl
large village Of the Dlsaa dtlfs waoal
Stanley heard Of when be first ,laaeeaae
! the Congo. though he did not zee ,.paa
These curious ldtle creatures NJ ar
s'Fcad over a large extent Of cou.t!
SSith Of the Congo, are yer n t.
The Aka dwaltJ whom Sohu dtlrt |
v discovered norh of that riYet. Ihay ar.
timid little folks, and they wonll Dab.
less have run away II tac5 - soea d. |
I Wolf before he galdo9 5r,parA, |
among them. He foard 81 lwina IL |
-.ff4ean looking grass l'' ,al their
village were many careful covered pit |
tails, nine to twelve feet (Fecn which the |
$50 dug for the purpose q catching un. |
'Eiephants, butfaloes and wild Ao@.u a.
nnsht.venture out of the forost to feed il
the grassy glade where the dwarfs lived. |
AT first the dwarfs, qual1ing with fear,
isazed on the white man from a distance.
Slt finally they became cutie friendly.
\ They are little over FOUR feet high. are |
feofiee brown in color, and are well shaped. |
lIhey make no attempt to cultivate The
sQl, but live solely by hunting, withtheir
bows and arrows and spears. They dry
sa good deal Of meat, which they sell
among the neighboring tribes for Indian
corn, manioc, and other vegetable pro-
IsIucts. LIlkengo, the king of one large
tribe, Keeps quite o number of Batua in
lxsservice and 1t is their business to pros
vide game and palm Wine FOR the kings
table. DR.. Wolf says they are exceedingly
Iallllful IN the management of their bows.
arrows and speaps.
The Baluba, whom WOLF and Wisss
rsann found about $50 miles south OF the
junction of the Kassai and Sankuru riv-
crs are among the gentlest and most in
teliigent people who have been found in
Africa. Tvey have, However, one ex-
lreedingly bad practice. Dir. Wolf saws
That they have become very fond of guns
sincc trading tribes who live nearer the
white men have introduced these wea-
tons among them, and they will sell their
daughters and even their wives to procure
guns and ammunition. These people have
many excellent proverbs and sinaxims.
such asthese: .Law is hetterthanforce II
and Life is better than wealth. " They
hre regarded as being, in most respects,
lEuliarly amenable to civilizing influ-
enees. For all that, they support one of
the greatest native slave markets in
Africa, and DR.. Wolf says it will take
long time andstrong ciylizing influences
hSfoic t26i< evotionsto the slave trade
When DIR. Wolf told One
~ 41 tIilef that it was very wrong to
wives, the chief took him anort